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Which effect limited accuracy of medieval astrolabes involving early pinhole cameras?

A)Chromatic aberration of objective lens
B)Diffraction blurring internal images
C)Spherical aberration from pinhole edges
D)Coma distorting off-axis targets

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Spherical aberration impacts astrolabe pinholes because light refracts differently near pinhole edges, blurring final images; therefore precision declines at smaller apertures rather than diffraction limiting resolution as the system approached theoretical perfect imagery if corrected.

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